Jeong Se-hyun

	Korean name
Hangul	정세현
Hanja	丁世鉉
Revised Romanization	Jeong Se-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Sehyŏn

Jeong Se-hyun
Jeong Se-hyun
	정세현
Executive Vice-chair of National Unification Advisory Council;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 September 2019
President	Moon Jae-in
Preceded by	Kim Deog-ryong
Minister of Unification
	In office; 29 January 2002 – 30 June 2004
President	Kim Dae-Jung; Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Hong Soon-young
Succeeded by	Chung Dong-young
Personal details
Born	7 May 1945; Manchuria (now-Heilongjiang, China)
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Religion	Won Buddhism

Jeong Se-hyun (Korean: 정세현; Hanja: 丁世鉉; born 7 May 1945) is a South Korean politician currently serving as the Executive Vice-Chair of National Unification Advisory Council from September 2019.

He was credited with helping to create the predecessor of the Council, Presidential Advisory Council on Peaceful Unification Policy, in 1981.[1]

He spent more than two decades at the Ministry of Unification which he first joined as a researcher on communist countries at then-Board of National Unification in 1977. In 2002 he was appointed as the head of the Ministry and assumed the post until June 2004 serving two consecutive Presidents, Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun. He was also credited with boosting inter-Korean cooperative projects including Kaesong Industrial Region, a landmark site of Inter-Korean cooperation.

He also worked at Korean think tanks - now-Sejong Institute and Korea Institute for National Unification - as their ranking member. In addition, he was the visiting scholar to Kyung Hee University and Myongji University as well as the Endowed-Chair Professor of Ewha Womans University and Kyungnam University.

Moreover, he previously served as the 11th President of Wonkwang University and the 6th President of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, one of South Korean NGOs that most actively engage with North Korea. He currently chairs Korea Peace Forum.

He holds three degrees from Seoul National University: bachelor in political science and diplomacy and master and doctorate in international relations. He focused his postgraduate studies on Chinese studies earning master for analysing Han Fei, a Chinese philosopher, and doctorate for Mao Zedong's foreign policy.

Honours

Order of Service Merit by the government of South Korea (2002)

References

"정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가'" [정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가' Jeong Se-hyun New National Unification Advisory Council Executive Vice-chair..."unification expert" with experience and knowledge] (in Korean).

Political offices
Preceded by Hong Soon-young	Minister of Unification 2002–2004	Succeeded by Chung Dong-young

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[1] "정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가'" [정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가' Jeong Se-hyun New National Unification Advisory Council Executive Vice-chair..."unification expert" with experience and knowledge] (in Korean).